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Spotlight on Prairie School (Wisconsin)

Posted on January 23, 2012 by edfivecs90

Service project combined with math and science…

Prairie School (Wisconsin) demonstrates “the public purpose of a private school” through its Center for Developing Excellence (CDE), a four-week experientially-based summer program for students following their seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. Our goal is to motivate and increase the number of southeastern Wisconsin students enrolling and succeeding in higher level (AP and IB) math and science courses, motivating and preparing them to pursue university studies grounded in high-level math and science skills.

LINK: Spotlight on Prairie School (Wisconsin)

Post Source: NAIS

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The Business Case for Reading Novels

Posted on January 16, 2012 by edfivecs90

FINALLY!!! An answer to all of the metrics-driven, bottom-line, how will this help my child be successful in REAL life questions regarding reading.  That noise you hear is librarians and English departments celebrating…

I’ve been a devoted, even fanatical reader of fiction my whole life, but sometimes I feel like I’m wasting time if I spend an evening immersed in Lee Child’s newest thriller, or re-reading The Great Gatsby. Shouldn’t I be plowing through my in-box? Or getting the hang of some new productivity app? Or catching up on my back issues of The Economist? That slight feeling of self-indulgence that haunts me when I’m reading fake stories about fake people is what made me so grateful to stumble on a piece in Scientific American Mind by cognitive psychologist Keith Oatley extolling the practical benefits to be derived particularly from consuming fiction.

LINK: The Business Case for Reading Novels by Anne Kreamer

Post Source: Harvard Business Review

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Sex Education Standards Encourage Teaching ‘Safe Sex,’ Sexual Identity, Anti-Bullying In Schools

Posted on January 16, 2012 by edfivecs90

Start with the overview of the standards by Kimberly Hefling that appeared in HuffPost Education. Links to the actual standards as well as another summary by Nirvi Shaw in EdWeek below.

Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is “the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender,” according to new sexual education guidelines released Monday by a coalition of health and education groups.

The non-binding recommendations to states and school districts seek to encourage age-appropriate discussions about sex, bullying and healthy relationships – starting with a foundation even before second grade.

LINK: Sex Education Standards Encourage Teaching ‘Safe Sex,’ Sexual Identity, Anti-Bullying In Schools.

Download the National Sexuality Education Standards in PDF format.

LINK: Overview of new Standards by Nirvi Shah in EdWeek

Post Sources: HuffPost Education.  Education Week

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Are Teachers Overpaid? A Response to Critics

Posted on January 16, 2012 by edfivecs90

If you haven’t had a link to the original article forwarded to you yet, you will soon.  The link below actually takes you to the response to the response to the original article about teacher-pay.  This is one case where you can start at the end of the story…

It is a view as ubiquitous as it is simplistic: To improve public education, pay teachers more—a lot more. Union officials, education reformers, scholars, laypeople, and politicians of all stripes endorse this principle in one form or another.

However, as we determined in a study released Nov. 1, 2011, by the Heritage Foundation, “Assessing the Compensation of Public-School Teachers,” the average public school teacher already is paid more than what he or she is likely to earn in the private sector. Although some may well be underpaid, the typical public school teacher makes roughly $1.52 for every dollar made by a private-sector employee with similar skills.

LINK: Are Teachers Overpaid? A Response to Critics.

LINK: Assessing Compensation (original study)

LINK to NYTimes op-ed by Nicholas Kristof referencing the study: The Value of Teachers

Post Source: Education Week

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Ten skills every student should learn

Posted on January 16, 2012 by edfivecs90

Read. Write. Be Accountable. Be Happy.  Would all four of these be in your list of “top ten skills” your students should learn?  These ten are based on a survey compiled by the editors of eSchool News…

“If you could choose only one, what’s the skill you’d like every student to learn?” Perhaps surprisingly, while many readers did cite critical thinking as a skill every student needs, another skill was listed nearly twice as much as all other responses combined.  Need a hint? It’s a skill every student has needed since the days of the one-room schoolhouse…

LINK: Ten skills every student should learn

Post Source: eSchool News

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